Conference theme:​Pushing boundaries and crossing borders: Self-study as a means for knowing pedagogy

The theme Pushing boundaries and crossing borders: Self-study as a means for knowing pedagogy lays down a challenge for delegates to explore how the methodology of self-study can be challenged, enriched, and/or extended by new theories and ways of thinking. This is an invitation to consider the boundaries and spaces of self-study methodology, and how these shape our understanding of teacher education practices in contemporary times.

The lack of a clear connection to the conference theme alone will not disqualify a proposal. Indeed, proposals will be considered whether or not they respond specifically to the theme. All proposals should be well written, accurate representations of the self-study research project being reported.

Submitting a proposal (Submissions are now closed)

Proposal submissions are handled on-line by the EasyChair system. Follow these steps to submit a proposal

1. Prepare a proposal as a word document
Write and save your proposal as a word document. (Important, save as a doc not docx document). The
maximum length of the proposal is 1,000 words,
not including the references. Please do not include any identifying information on this document. Instead, the document should just focus on the narrative of your proposal and be written using the following headings.

Context of the Study (Should
include positioning the authors/study in terms of theoretical framework, research
literature connection, and physical contexts of the study.)

Aim/Objectives of
the study (Should include the problem, purpose, and/or questions of the study.)

Outcomes (Should
include findings, discussion, and conclusions. If you are submitting a proposal
for a study in progress, you should clearly address anticipated outcomes in
this section.)

References (These
are not included in the word count for the proposal body, but are to be
included in this document.)

2. Create an account on EasyChair Click on the button below to go to the submission webpage. Sign up for an EasyChair account. This is free and only takes a few moments. Once you have this account, you should be able to log onto the Castle Conference submission system.3. Create a new submission When you want to submit a proposal, log into the EasyChair site and select new submission from the menu at the top left hand or the page. Then:

Fill in the author details. You can automatically fill in your details if you click where it says click here to add yourself. You will also need to add the other authors' names if there are any.

In the next section called "Title, Abstract and Other Information", enter the title of your proposal and then in the abstract box enter "abstract is attached". You will also need to enter three keywords in the next box (make sure you enter each key word on a new line).

In the section called Upload Paper, you can then attach your proposal document written in step one. Please note that the system will only upload word documents.